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General information Core i7-6950X Core i3-4160
Launched Q2 2016 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Haswell Refresh
Clock 3 GHz 16.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 2 80 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 54 W 61.4 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6950X Core i3-4160
Overall Score 57931 0 % 38824 33 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 43 % 18.9 %
Benchmark Score 11262 0 % 2272 79.8 %
Single Thread Score 2361.1 0 % 1981 16.1 %
Encrypting Data 5035 MB/s 2.9 % 5182.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 273.5 MB/s 0 % 49.9 MB/s 81.8 %
String objects sorting 35342 thousand/s 0 % 7076.8 thousand/s 80 %
Prime numbers generation 78.8 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 82.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 63079.8 millions/s 0 % 12297.5 millions/s 80.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 40761.3 millions/s 0 % 6233.6 millions/s 84.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6950X, Core i3-4160.

Average frames per second Core i7-6950X Core i3-4160
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.8 FPS 70.1 FPS
High settings 202.9 FPS 112.1 FPS
Medium settings 253.6 FPS 140.1 FPS
Low settings 317.0 FPS 175.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-6950X Core i3-4160
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.6 FPS 119.0 FPS
High settings 244.2 FPS 190.4 FPS
Medium settings 305.3 FPS 238.0 FPS
Low settings 381.6 FPS 297.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 22 %
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